Written by Colleen Thrasher, Marketing Account Manager at Proctors. So, Halloween has passed. The pharmacies and department stores have long since packed away their jack-o-lanterns and hanging skeletons and have decked their halls with red and green and glitter. All in preparation for the holiday season, for snowflakes, ornaments, lights and laughter (completely skipping […]
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As you know, this epic Broadway musical is on its way to Proctors, and we were excited to discover these fun facts about the musical and its writers. Definitely have a read, and next time you go to a trivia night, this might just come in handy! ~ Queen was formed in 1970 from the […]
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Written by Sara Smigen, Marketing Account Manager for theREP. A grown man frolics about in his pajamas, a Victorian couple dances gaily, and a dearly departed friend arrives in chains to say hello. Such is the filming of a commercial for A Christmas Carol at Capital Repertory Theatre. Creating the perfect commercial is […]
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Written by Katherine Stephens, Education Program Manager at Proctors and Capital Repertory Theatre. Every time I watch a parade, I get emotional. It’s not the kids in their cute costumes or the cringe-worthy out-of-tune trumpet in the marching band that brings on the waterworks—it’s the men and women in uniform. No matter […]
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by Colleen Thrasher, Marketing Account Manager at Proctors Two things happened on June 20, 2011. First, Fifty Shades of Grey—the initial volume in a series of S&M-laden erotic romance novels by British author E. L. James—was published and hit the shelves of book stores everywhere. Second, sales of the e-book personal reader Kindle skyrocketed into the vast […]
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There’s a romance in the trumpet that other horns don’t own. When Miles Davis pauses—forever—between notes, and then lets a single mournful cry loose into the world, that’s romance. When Chet Baker leans slightly back, tips his head down and prays through the brass bell, that’s romance. And when Tom Harrell plays through the […]
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Halloween may be over, but parting is such sweet sorrow and we’re not ready to let it die. So we’ve decided to make it un-die! This weekend, I—along with the rest of the It Came From Schenectady crew—will be hosting the annual Zombie Prom and Zombie Film Feast 6. I’ve got an old dress […]
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In the spring of 2006, my love of theatre was in full swing and I was hell-bent on doing summer stock before my junior year in college. After a lengthy internet search, I came across the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine, advertising for paid summer internships, and I leapt at the chance to spend two […]
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Peter Hughes got a chance to chat with Joe from Pastime Legends about the world of video games and the upcoming Video Games Live concert. This is a concert event put on by the video game industry to help encourage and support the culture and art that video games have become. Whether it’s the power […]
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Yes, we have Broadway, but it is the Family and School Day Series that tug at my heartstrings here at Proctors. It is the amazement on the children’s faces when the show starts; the fact that they are glued to their seat, watching the story unfold live before their eyes. The Mainstage at Proctors, in […]
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